You can see and change the most commonly changed options for each block using the icons in the block list:

To change the update interval, click the update interval text box and enter the new interval. The watch window accepts the following time units:

• s seconds
• m minutes
• h hours

The default unit is seconds.

You can also change the update interval when editing the block, or change the update interval for an entire group.

See also

• Adding a block to a group
• Adding a live loop annotation to the watch window
• Automatically generating the best range for plots in the Watch Window
• Changing plot line colors in the Watch Window
• Changing the update interval for blocks and groups in the Watch Window
• Deleting a block from the Watch Window
• Editing a block in the Watch Window
• Inverting the y-axis of plots in the Watch Window
• Managing Blocks in the Watch Window
• Pausing data collection for a block in the Watch Window
• Rearranging blocks in the Watch Window
• Saving the current plot vertical range as the custom range
• Showing/Hiding a plot line in the Watch Window
• Understanding when data points are connected with lines in trend plots

• Managing Data Collection in the Watch Window
• Pausing and unpausing data collection for entire watch groups
• Pausing data collection automatically in the Watch Window
• Pausing data collection for a block in the Watch Window
• Setting the autopause schedule for a block
• Setting the autopause schedule for all blocks in a group
• Setting the default autopause schedule
• Setting the update interval for a group of blocks in the Watch Window
• Watch Window Autopause Schedule dialog